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Author:

McPhee, John, 1931-

Title:

The founding fish / John McPhee.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

FarrarStraus and Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2002

Description:

358 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

American shad.
Shad fishing--North America--History.

Contents:

Catch-and-release. A selective advantage -- Amending nature -- Farewell to the nineteenth century -- Spawning and the outmigration -- A competitive advantage -- The shad alley -- The founding fish -- The portable rock -- The compensatory response -- Absent without leave -- The shad city -- Inside the cavity -- Catch-and-dissect -- Inside the head -- Catch-and-release.

ISBN:

9780374104443
0374104441

LCCN:

2002025012

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TJPC492 -- Bellevue Public Library (Bellevue)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

DZPB423 -- Hubbard Public Library (Hubbard)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

AQPC277 -- Lamoni Public Library (Lamoni)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

XQPB367 -- Lakin Library & Envisioning Center--Tabor (Tabor) — 597 MCP

YWPD162 -- Tipton Public Library (Tipton)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)